Hybrid panel and hybrid panel abnormality diagnosis system including same

Abstract

A hybrid panel abnormality diagnosis system includes a solar photovoltaic panel generating electrical energy by receiving sunlight, a solar thermal panel which is formed on a lower portion of the solar photovoltaic panel and in which a refrigerant flow path where a refrigerant for cooling the solar photovoltaic panel by absorbing heat generated as sunlight irradiates the solar photovoltaic panel flows is formed and which has a temperature sensor unit measuring and collecting a refrigerant temperature difference between an inlet port and an outlet port of the refrigerant flow path, and an abnormality diagnosis server diagnosing whether the solar photovoltaic panel is abnormal.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A hybrid panel abnormality diagnosis system comprising:
 a solar photovoltaic panel configured to generate electrical energy by receiving sunlight;   a solar thermal panel formed on a lower portion of the solar photovoltaic panel, the solar thermal panel including a refrigerant flow path where a refrigerant flows, the refrigerant flow path having an inlet port and an outlet port and being formed by a plurality of longitudinal flow paths and a plurality of transverse flow paths connected to each other to form a lattice shape, the solar thermal panel having a temperature sensor unit comprising a first temperature sensor at the inlet port configured to measure a temperature of refrigerant entering the refrigerant flow path, a second temp of at the outlet port configured to measure a temperature of refrigerant leaving the refrigerant flow path, and a communication device configured to transmit the measured first and second temperature values; and   an abnormality diagnosis server including a processor configured to determine, by comparing a refrigerant temperature difference between the first and second temperature values with reference information for an abnormality diagnosis, whether the solar photovoltaic panel is abnormal.   
     
     
         2 . The hybrid panel abnormality diagnosis system of  claim 1 , wherein the communication device comprises a wireless transmitter configured to send the first and second temperature values to the abnormality diagnosis server. 
     
     
         3 . The hybrid panel abnormality diagnosis system of  claim 1 , wherein the abnormality diagnosis server further comprises
 a memory configured to store reference information for an abnormality diagnosis,   wherein the processor of the abnormality diagnosis server configured to calculate a difference between the first temperature value and the second temperature value and to compare the difference with the reference information, thereby diagnosing whether the solar photovoltaic panel is abnormal.   
     
     
         4 . The hybrid panel abnormality diagnosis system of  claim 3 , wherein the reference information is a range of an average value of the difference in refrigerant temperature obtained by repeatedly measuring the difference in refrigerant temperature of a plurality of solar photovoltaic panels that are normal, and is statistical information obtained through repeated experiments. 
     
     
         5 . A hybrid panel comprising:
 a solar photovoltaic panel configured to generate electrical energy by receiving sunlight; and   a solar thermal panel formed on a lower portion of the solar photovoltaic panel, the solar thermal panel including a refrigerant flow path where a refrigerant flows, the refrigerant flow path having an inlet port and an outlet port and being formed by a plurality of longitudinal flow paths and a plurality of transverse flow paths connected to each other to form a lattice shape, the solar thermal panel having a temperature sensor unit comprising a first temperature sensor at the inlet port configured to measure a temperature of the refrigerant entering the refrigerant flow path and a second temperature sensor at the outlet port configured to measure a temperature of the refrigerant leaving the refrigerant flow path, wherein the temperature sensor unit is configured to measure a difference in refrigerant temperature between the inlet port and the outlet port, and the solar thermal panel having an abnormality diagnosis unit including a processor configured to determine, by comparing the refrigerant temperature difference between the first and second temperature values with reference information, whether the solar photovoltaic panel is abnormal.   
     
     
         6 . The hybrid panel of  claim 5 , wherein the
 abnormality diagnosis server further comprises a memory configured to store reference information for an abnormality diagnosis,   wherein the processor of the abnormality diagnosis server is configured to calculate difference between the first temperature value and the second temperature value and configured to compare the difference with the reference information, thereby diagnosing whether the solar photovoltaic panel is abnormal.   
     
     
         7 . The hybrid panel of  claim 6 , wherein the reference information is a range of an average value of the difference in refrigerant temperature obtained by repeatedly measuring the difference in refrigerant temperature of a plurality of solar photovoltaic panels that are normal, and is statistical information obtained through repeated experiments.